Beginning of My 30" x 40" Painting

This is my beginning efforts on my large oil painting. Probably won't look much like this by the time its finished! Working so large is quite a different situation than my usual small canvases. I truely hope I fimish it by the end of the month.

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5" x 7" Study of Fall Display

5" x 7" Oil on Linen Panel

My Artist Mentor, Kevin Macpherson, suggested I do a "still life" painting on a HUGE (for me!) canvas, 30" x 40" this month--concentrating on contrast of light/dark. This is a small study of part of the set up that I'll be painting. I think I might have to push the lights/darks on my larger piece even further than I did here.

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Shadows in the Rose Garden

Shadows in the Rose Garden
8" x 10" Oil on Canvas

I painted this out in the rose garden. It actually was more about the shadows on the ground from the surrounding trees and bushes than about the roses!

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